PC help- Fixed, Gibs

format c: what I would do but I keep backups off everything so it's a 1 hour job :) If you have to start from scratch with your backups wait for the smart people here to help you. Have a bump and hopefully a better solution :)

Have you tried restoring windows to factory settings through HP recovery tools?

Ever used a live system? I used one ages ago to boot my pc.

Maybe try to repair boot sector
http://www.digitalcitizen.life/command-prompt-fix-issues-your-boot-records

Just reinstall it to Windows 10?

Set your disks in BIOS to AHCI mode.

Best way is to make a bootable USB through Rufus (if your motherboard supports UEFI)

You always want to format your C drive when reinstalling, so you will lose data on it.

If you have any questions regarding that, feel free to ask me here or add me.

Stupid question. Is your copy of windows legal? It might be having issues with a cracked key if it isn't.

Make sure no removeable media is in while Windows is booting (after it finished installing). So flash drives, sd cards or external hard drives. I've had similar issues that were maddening and it turned out that despite all my settings Windows would attempt to finish booting off the removeable media and since it didn't have what it needed, it hanged.

Does this sound at all like a failing hard drive?

to me it does. but ofc there are other things it could be, but that sounds like top of the list to me.

Will doing a custom Windows install delete all my files?

yes it will

i'd try and backup your data with whatever method you can (linux live boot cd if you must)
then wipe and reinstall windows, but keep an eye on it and imo don't really trust it as your only source of storage until you can run a few more tests on it and insure it's not failing.

It's not necessarily a failing HDD.

Try the solution posted here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1724280/black-screen-cursor.html

Just in case.
If you have connectend 2 Monitors (or tv) with the pc....turn the other one on and see if there may be a picture.

Had if years ago always when trying out a linux distribution after the inital install that it used the wrong monitor instead of the one i wanted (and i always sat some time at solving the problem before i remembered that....^^)

Did you have any PC issues recently?

Yup, doing a custom Windows install will delete all your files.

When you say it won't load past the Windows boot screen, do you actually see the Windows logo, then when it finishes loading, a black screen? More details would help to guide in the proper direction.

For now, I'm going to recommend you put Windows on a USB using your installation media from DreamSpark, and boot it. You're going to choose recovery, and select to run CMD. In the command prompt, use the following commands.

bootrec /FixMbr
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /RebuildBcd

Using this won't do anything if you have a UEFI install, but I'm not sure on other details, so this is my beginning recommendation.

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Bump and meow. Thanks for the train.

Thanks for the train ^^

Thank you~
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sorry you have Windows 10, but have a bump

Congrats on getting away from W8.1 though :P